Ex-Ms. magazine editor Mary Thom dies in NY crash

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A prominent New York City feminist, writer and former Ms. magazine editor has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Mary Thom (tawm) was 68.

Thom had a passion for riding motorcycles. Her nephew Thom Loubet (loh-BEHT') confirmed Saturday she died Friday evening riding her 1996 Honda Magna 750 on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, just north of New York City.

Thom was a fixture of the women's movement. She wrote a book about its history and was the editor-in-chief of the Women's Media Center.